Wetin dey happen? Na so Lamar Odom story dey shock people for new Netflix documentary wey just drop. The film wey dem call “Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom” dey show how the former NBA champion life turn from glory to near death for Nevada brothel. E be like film wey no get filter at all.
Odom, wey play for Los Angeles Lakers and win two championships, yarn say e nearly die for 2015 after overdose for one brothel wey dem dey call Love Ranch. The man talk say e suffer 12 strokes and six heart attacks. “I was dead for three days,” Odom yarn for inside the documentary. “But I make am.” E no be small thing o.
How e take start? The documentary show say Odom meet Khloé Kardashian for 2009 party wey Ron Artest (Metta World Peace) organize. Both of dem talk say dem no even know who be who that night. Odom yarn say e dey try “fuck her” that first night, but before dem know, 30 days don pass and engagement don happen. Khloé sef talk say na Odom be her first love.
But the marriage matter get plenty wahala. Odom childhood friend, Anthony “Pumpkin” Booker, talk say for wedding day, Odom tell am say e marry Khloé to “better his future” because Kardashian family get connections. Odom sef talk say e dey watch how Kardashian family dey live and e like the lifestyle. “This is how I want to live,” e yarn.
For the documentary, Khloé Kardashian talk plenty about how she dey enable Odom drug addiction. She yarn say she dey look for Odom for alleys and motels when e dey disappear for days. She talk say she dey clean hotel rooms after Odom so housekeeping no go sell story. “I was such an enabler without knowing I was an enabler,” Khloé yarn with regret.
The drug matter turn worse when Lakers trade Odom go Dallas Mavericks for 2011. Odom hear the news for radio while e dey drive to practice facility. E talk say e feel betrayed. Khloé yarn say the drug use wey follow that trade na “monstrous.” She talk say she never see so many drugs before. Odom lock himself inside hotel bathroom for four days straight dey do drugs.
Khloé yarn say she pump Odom stomach at home after e overdose multiple times. She organize intervention and give Odom ultimatum: go rehab or divorce. Odom choose divorce. But before the divorce finalize, e overdose for that Nevada brothel for October 2015.
When the overdose happen, media circus start. Dennis Hof, wey be owner of Love Ranch, create bidding war for details and sell exclusive footage to “Today Show.” Drug dealers sef show for hospital dey look for money inside Odom bags. Khloé put the whole hospital floor on lockdown and make everybody sign NDA before dem fit enter.
Kobe Bryant fly go Las Vegas to help Khloé make life-or-death decision. Doctors talk say Odom lung collapse and dem need do risky surgery. Kobe help Khloé decide to do the surgery. E work, but Odom fall into coma for three to four days. When e wake up, e pull the tubes from e neck, look Khloé and talk “Hey baby” before e pass out again.
After hospital, Khloé rent house for Odom, hire caretaker, chef and nurses. But she catch Odom dey smoke crack for the bedroom. She talk say she punch Odom for face and tell am to pack e things. “He was better than I knew,” Khloé yarn. “He was playing me so I could continue this lifestyle for him.” She file for divorce again.
Odom talk say wetin make e finally want change na dream wey e dream about Kobe Bryant. Kobe appear for dream and talk say “L-O, the afterlife is not what people make it out to be.” That one touch Odom. E talk say e dey ready to go back to school and coach basketball now.
The documentary sey show Odom ex, Liza Morales, wey be e high school sweetheart. She talk about how dem 6-month-old son, Jayden, die from SIDS for 2006. She yarn say she oversleep one morning and find Jayden with blue lips. Firemen carry the baby like football run go ambulance. Odom talk say that tragedy either bring people together or scatter dem. For their case, e scatter dem.
Now Odom dey try rebuild e life. The documentary show say e still get scars for neck from when e pull the hospital tubes. But e dey alive. Khloé yarn say “Lamar’s had an extraordinary life. Yes, bad and good. But fuck, it’s extraordinary.” The film dey show say survival no be small thing.
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